After the arranged marriage, I pampered the sickly regent.

Chapter 130 is related to black energy.

"What? Jiang Wenjin! Are you going to attack me if you keep staring at me like that?"

Ye Qingzhu coldly retorted, "You'd better understand that without me, you're nothing."

"Ye Qingzhu, you can kick me out, but Wen Jin is still your husband!"

Wang Shi was furious to see her son, whom she always praised to the skies, being treated like this by Ye Qingzhu, and she snapped at him.

"So what? Ask your son if it weren't for me, how could you have the good life you have now?"

Ye Qingzhu scoffed at Wang's words, "Jiang Wenjin, if I tell my mother or even my father about the lost dowry, I think you know better than I what the consequences will be."

Seeing Jiang Wenjin's indifferent attitude, Ye Qingzhu inexplicably felt a sense of loss of control.

"Don't forget that the imperial examination is just around the corner. If my father finds out about this, your future career will definitely be very difficult."

Wang, who was about to be angry with Ye Qingzhu, panicked when she heard that Jiang Wenjin's imperial examination would also be affected. She quickly said to Ye Qingzhu, "Ye Qingzhu, don't make things difficult for Wenjin. I'll leave."

“No.” As Wang Shi said these words, Jiang Wenjin, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"Ye Qingzhu, I can write you an IOU for the lost dowry, but my mother will never leave. If you insist on doing this, then I will leave with her."

"up to you."

Ye Qingzhu scoffed, "But before you do these things, I still want to remind you to think carefully about the consequences."

After saying this, Ye Qingzhu turned and left.

"What are you all looking at? Don't you all want me to sell you off!"

Ye Qingzhu was already seething with anger, and then she saw these maids shouting at her.

After what had just happened, everyone present left, not daring to stay any longer.

"Mother, don't worry, I will absolutely not listen to Ye Qingzhu and send you away."

After Ye Qingzhu and the maids left, Jiang Wenjin looked at Madam Wang and made a promise to her.

Wang sighed, her voice full of helplessness, "Wenjin, what kind of wife did you marry? She's clearly a shrew!"

"I've just heard that the Duke's mansion is very powerful. If you don't listen to her, I won't care. I can just go back to the countryside and live a hard life. But you will be held back."

Hearing these words, Jiang Wen felt even more guilty towards Wang Shi and made up his mind.

"Mother, I will not let such a thing happen. As for the Duke's mansion... I will think of a way."

Jiang Wenjin replied.

"Tomorrow I will take you to my little courtyard in the capital. You can stay there for the time being."

"As for Ye Qingzhu..." Jiang Wenjin's eyes were filled with intense dissatisfaction. Once he passed the imperial examination and was able to speak to his father-in-law, he would no longer need to put up with this shrew's attitude.

"Second Miss, are you really going to send your son-in-law's mother away?"

Chun'er, who was following Ye Qingzhu back to the courtyard, asked cautiously.

"Of course it's real."

Ye Qingzhu snorted coldly, "I've disliked that old woman since before. If I hadn't listened to my mother and brought her in, who would have thought she would dare to push her luck in front of me and even steal my dowry."

"Chun'er, if you dare to say anything dissuasive to me again, I'll punish you along with me!"

Chun'er trembled at Ye Qingzhu's words, "This servant...this servant wouldn't dare."

"But I'm worried about what would happen if the young master really left with him?"

"Second Miss, didn't you say before that your son-in-law would become the top scholar in the imperial examination and even the Grand Secretary? If he leaves, wouldn't all of this be..."

Chun'er observed Ye Qingzhu's expression as she spoke.

“Even if Jiang Wen had a hundred times the courage, he wouldn’t dare to do something like this.” Ye Qingzhu said smugly. “Besides, even if he wanted to do these things, wouldn’t he rely on my father for every single thing?”

"Do you think he could have endured this long without realizing the gravity of the situation?"

Even if a penniless scholar becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, what good will it do? If no one helps him in his future official career, he will end up as a minor official.

Day two.

Jiang Wenjin got up early and temporarily sent Wang Shi to the small courtyard that had not yet been moved into the main house. After settling her in, he set off for the Prime Minister's residence.

This Prime Minister Shen carries considerable weight in the Emperor's eyes. If one could gain his patronage, even without the Duke's mansion's assistance, one could still make steady progress.

Because of his visits over this period, he has gained some favor with Prime Minister Shen and can even enter the mansion directly.

Just as Jiang Wenjin arrived at the Prime Minister's residence today, he saw Prime Minister Shen leading a child out.

A woman followed closely behind the two men.

Seeing a carriage parked there, Jiang Wen quickly stepped forward and respectfully asked Prime Minister Shen, "Prime Minister, are you leaving the residence?"

Prime Minister Shen responded indifferently and walked straight towards the carriage, clearly not intending to pay any attention to him.

Jiang Wenjin was stunned when he saw Prime Minister Shen and the child get into the carriage. Logically speaking, after such a long visit, even though Prime Minister Shen had not agreed to become a disciple, he should not have this attitude.

Could it be that something happened that displeased Prime Minister Shen?

"Lady Chancellor, Prime Minister Shen, he..."

The woman glanced at Jiang Wenjin and sighed softly, "Scholar Jiang, your writing is quite good. With the imperial examinations approaching, you should focus your attention on that..."

At this point, the woman clearly hesitated, shook her head, and got into the carriage with them.

As the carriage receded further and further away, Jiang Wenjin's unease grew stronger.

His intuition told him that the problem seemed to lie with him.

"Butler, please wait a moment."

Seeing the steward who came out to give orders to the guards at the gate, Jiang Wen quickly stepped forward, bowed to him, and asked, "Steward, do you know what happened?"

"This one……"

The steward seemed somewhat embarrassed by Jiang Wenjin's question, "Scholar Jiang, you should go back and ask your wife."

"My wife..." Jiang Wenjin was taken aback, which meant that the matter was directly related to Ye Qingzhu.

That shrew!

The Regent's Palace.

In the study room.

"Your Highness, has the Prince shown any unusual behavior lately?"

While Ye Qingwu was giving Zhan Sijing the gift, Leng Feng stood aside and only asked after she let go.

"Nothing serious."

Ye Qingwu replied that after the last treatment, the poison in Zhan Sijing's body had stabilized, and only daily pulse checks were needed to ensure that nothing went wrong.

She glanced at Zhan Sijing and then looked at Leng Feng. "Do you have something to say?"

From the moment she entered the study, she sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off, especially since Leng Feng clearly had something to report but was stopped by Zhan Sijing's gaze.

"Let me guess, is it related to the dark energy?"